Administration of Muslim Law Act 1966 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 10 · Miscellaneous
143. Register of Marriages and Register of Revocation of Divorces
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The Registrar must maintain a Register of Marriages and Register of Revocation of Divorces containing such records and information as the Registrar may determine on marriages solemnised or registered, or divorces revoked (as the case may be), under this Act.
Registrar
“Registrar” means the person appointed as Registrar of Muslim Marriages under section 90;
The Register of Marriages and Register of Revocation of Divorces may be kept in such form as the Registrar may determine.
Register of Marriages
“Register of Marriages” means the Register of Marriages kept by the Registrar under section 100;
The following, if certified by the Registrar to be a true copy or extract, is in any proceedings admissible in evidence as of equal validity with the original document containing the information or the original record:
a copy of or an extract from any information contained in the Register of Marriages or Register of Revocation of Divorces;
a copy of or an extract from any record contained in the Register of Marriages or Register of Revocation of Divorces (including a copy or an extract of any record produced from a microfilm or digital image).